A bunch of us would like to muster the 50 quid plus expenses and send you there, Brummie. You up for it?

Thanks for the invitation, but I somehow think that being in between an angry red mob and an even angrier, though probably considerably smaller, Nazi one would be a poor use of a perfectly good Friday night.

Or worse I might actually have to sit through whatever Irving's current theory is.

Thanks for the invitation, but I somehow think that being in between an angry red mob and an even angrier, though probably considerably smaller, Nazi one would be a poor use of a perfectly good Friday night.

Or worse I might actually have to sit through whatever Irving's current theory is.

Thanks for the invitation, but I somehow think that being in between an angry red mob and an even angrier, though probably considerably smaller, Nazi one would be a poor use of a perfectly good Friday night.

Or worse I might actually have to sit through whatever Irving's current theory is.

1. Are you implying that Irving was taken in by the 'Hitler Diaries' hoax?
2. What do you mean by "denying the Holocaust" and "accepting reality"?
3. Do you think the Austrian government was justified in imprisoning him?

1. I'm not implying that Irving was taken in by the Hitler Diary hoax. I'm saying it categorically.

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Originally Posted by wiki

In 1983, Irving played a major role in the Hitler Diaries controversy. Irving was an early proponent of the argument that the diaries were a forgery, and went so far as to crash the press conference held by Hugh Trevor-Roper at the Hamburg offices of Der Stern magazine on 25 April 1983 to denounce the diaries as a forgery and Trevor-Roper for endorsing the diaries as genuine (Trevor-Roper had called the press conference to announce his withdrawal of his endorsement, arguably rendering Irving's attack on Trevor-Roper irrelevant).[23] Irving's performance at the Der Stern press conference where he violently harangued Trevor-Roper until ejected by security led him to be featured prominently on the news and the next day Irving appeared on Today television show as a featured guest.[24] However, a week later on May 2, Irving reversed himself and claimed the diaries were genuine; at the same press conference, Irving took the opportunity to promote his translation of the memoirs of Hitler’s physician Dr. Theodor Morell. Robert Harris in his book Selling Hitler suggested that an additional reason for Irving's change of mind over the authenticity of the alleged Hitler diaries was that the alleged diaries contain no reference to the Holocaust, thereby buttressing Irving's claim in Hitler's War that Hitler had no knowledge of the Holocaust.[25] Subsequently Irving reversed himself again when the diaries were revealed as a forgery. At a press conference held to withdraw his endorsement of the diaries, Irving proudly claimed that he was the first to call the diaries a forgery, to which a reporter replied that he was also the last to call the diaries genuine. In his later accounts of his role in the Hitler Diaries matter, Irving has always mentioned his role as proponent of the theory that the diaries were fake while ignoring his change of opinion about their authenticity. Many historians have criticized Irving as a crass, self-promoting individual who merely used the Hitler Diaries controversy as a chance to enhance his profile with the public.